Deadly Mid-Air Plane Collision at Minden-Tahoe Airport Claims One Life

Tragic Accident

A per­son has died after two planes col­lid­ed mid-air at Min­den-Tahoe Air­port in Neva­da. The inci­dent occurred around 9:47 am on Mon­day, near­ly a month after anoth­er fatal col­li­sion at the same air­port dur­ing takeoff.

Crash Details

Accord­ing to author­i­ties, one of the sin­gle-engine planes land­ed at the air­port, while the oth­er crashed into a near­by field. The Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA) stat­ed that the Globe GC-1B had one pas­sen­ger on board, while the Cess­na 206 had two. 

The pilot and pas­sen­ger in the Cess­na 206 were report­ed safe with­out injuries, but the sole pas­sen­ger in the Globe GC-1B did not survive.

Witness Accounts

Wit­ness­es report­ed that the Globe GC-1B caught fire in the air before crash­ing, accord­ing to Dou­glas Coun­ty Sher­iff Dan Cov­er­ley. The air­craft was still engulfed in flames when emer­gency per­son­nel arrived at the scene.

Investigation Underway

The FAA and the Nation­al Trans­porta­tion Safe­ty Board (NTSB) have tak­en over the inves­ti­ga­tion into the cause of the fatal crash. The air­port was closed after the inci­dent but has since reopened. 

The NTSB stat­ed that a pre­lim­i­nary report on the crash is expect­ed with­in 30 days, while a final report will be com­plet­ed in 12–24 months.